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(No Model.)

W. J. ROBINSON.

Berry Basket Holder.

No. 232,068. Patented Sept. 7,1880.

INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

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WILLIAM J. ROBINSON, OF HOWLETT HILL, NEW YORK.

BERRY-BASKET HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 232,068, datedSeptember 7, 1880.

Application filed May 6, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1', WILLIAM J. ROBINSON, of Hewlett Hill, in the countyof Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedBerry-Basket Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple device for holding abasket while picking berries so that the berries shall not be spilled.

Figure l is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a plan of the samewithout the strap or belt and with parts broken away to exhibit otherparts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

ln the drawings, A represents the frame, composed of stout wire or rodbent to conform with the outline of the basket, (in this instance formedinto a four-sided rectangular frame,) and provided on opposite sideswith projecting studs B B. G is another stout wire or rod bent so as toextend around and beyond the front of the frame A, as shown at a, andalong the sides thereof, and said wire 0 has a turn made in it on eachside of the frame A, thereby forming loops 1) b, in which the studs B Bare inserted, so that said frame A and its contents may swing therein,the washers ff serving to prevent friction between the frame A and wire0. The ends of this wire 0 are continued rearward and entered into arigid curved support, D, which support is preferably made of wood and isprovided with loops or staples c c on its convex face.

E is a strap or belt provided with a buckle, E, that is passed acrossthe face of the support D and through the loops 0 c, and is designed tobe buckled around the body of the berry-picker, so that the device shallbe held in front of the body in a horizontal position.

F represents a berry-basket suspended by its rim within the frame A, andGr is a chain or cord connecting the frame A with the support D, saidchain G being of sufficient length to permit the basket F to swingenough to preserve a level position, but not long enough to permit thebasket to tip so as to spill its contents.

Using this device a. berry-picker can use both hands in picking, andthereby can pick from one-third to one-half more berries in a given timethan he can when holding a basket in one hand, as is commonly done.

I am aware that wire-frame fruit-box holders have been heretoforesuspended from the body; but

What I claim as new and of my invention (No model.)

The combination,- in a fruit-box holder, of

the frame A, having opposite studs B, the frame 0, having side loops, b,the rigid support D,with strap E, and the chain G, all constructed andadapted to operate substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM JOHN ROBIN SON.

Witnesses E. H. MANN, ALFRED LANG.

